# Ulmer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ulmer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,165 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,348 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,813 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (8,051 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Ulmer.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ulmer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ulmer in Austria, the United States and Switzerland.

## People named Ulmer

- Andreas Ulmer, Austrian association football player
- Edgar G. Ulmer, American film director, set designer (1904-1972)
- James Blood Ulmer, American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
- Stefan Ulmer, Austrian ice hockey player
- LaMonte Ulmer, American basketball player (born 1986)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.